Enrollment
160
Middle
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANCOCK COUNTY·NCES 130264003539
Hancock Central Middle School
11311 Ga Highway 15, Sparta, GA 31087 · (706) 444-6652 · Hancock County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL160 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
160 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 48 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 34% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hancock Central Middle School→Hancock Central High School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
11.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.1pp since 2021
Math
8.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.7% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 9.6% | 2.1% |
| 2022-23 | 12.9% | 2.0% |
| 2021-22 | 9.7% | 4.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hancock Central Middle School
Hancock Central Middle School's state test result (7.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Central Middle School this school | 160 | 100.0% | 7.5% |
| Randolph County Middle School Cuthbert | 139 | 100.0% | 19.2% |
| Warren County Middle School Warrenton | 160 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
| Liberation Academy College Park | 132 | 97.7% | N/A |
| Terrell Middle School Dawson | 215 | 100.0% | 14.1% |
| Atlanta SMART Academy Atlanta | 221 | 100.0% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hancock Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #462 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #461 of 474 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #461 of 474 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #304 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 160 | #478 of 487 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #87 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #39 of 305 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
160
-9 (-5%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 160 | 10.8 | 14.8:1 | 100% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 10 | 14.7:1 | 100% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 11.2 | 13.8:1 | 100% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 169 | 10 | 16.9:1 | 100% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 13 | 15.9:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 200 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 99% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 87% (235) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hancock Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (207 to 160); teachers down 17% (13 to 10.8).
About Hancock Central Middle School
At 11311 Ga Highway 15 in Sparta, Georgia, Hancock Central Middle School operates as a very small middle-grades school. Its enrollment is 160 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students, which makes this school 79% below average.
A total of 3 schools make up Hancock County, with 652 students enrolled.
Black students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Hancock County's residents are about 70% Black, 25 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at Hancock Central Middle School are from different groups.
Hancock Central Middle School lists 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.8 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 14.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Hancock County.
Hancock Central Middle School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of Georgia public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Hancock Central Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Georgia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 7.5%, against a prediction of 25.7%.
The school is in Hancock County, where the median household earns about $40,082 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 10% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 22%. Across Hancock County, 3 public schools serve about 652 students.
Hancock Central Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Hancock Central High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hancock Central Middle School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 9 students, from 169 to 160. Students per teacher dropped from 16.9 in 2020-21 to 14.8 in 2024-25.
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Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,650
Census ACS
Median income
$40,082
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
10%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
652 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hancock County
- Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Hancock Central High SchoolHigh · 199 students
Other schools in Sparta
- Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Hancock Central High SchoolHigh · 199 students
Nearby schools
- Hancock Central High School0.0 mi · 199
- Lewis Elementary School0.2 mi · 293
- Taliaferro County School18.2 mi · 184
- Warren County Middle School18.6 mi · 160
- Warren County High School18.6 mi · 187
- Freeman Elementary School18.6 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Hancock Central Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hancock Central Middle School?
Hancock Central Middle School enrolls approximately 160 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hancock Central Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hancock Central Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hancock Central Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hancock Central Middle School is approximately 14.8:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hancock Central Middle School?
At Hancock Central Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 95% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hancock Central Middle School in?
Hancock Central Middle School is part of Hancock County.
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